ARM 26/1, 007 (P354564)
Letter tablet excavated in Mari (mod. Tell Hariri), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, SyriaMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, SyriaMuseum Number
NMSDeZ — ?Provenience
Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. a-na as3-qu2-du-um
ts: ana asqudum
en: To Gerbil
2. qi2-bi2-ma
ts: qibima
en: speak!
3. um-ma ba-nu-um-ma
ts: umma bannumma
en: Thus Bannum:
4. t,up-pa-ti-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam# esz15-me2
ts: ṭuppātika ša tušābilam ešme
en: “Your tablets you had sent here I heard.
5. ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-[am]
ts: kīam tašpuram
en: As follows you wrote me,
6. um-ma at-ta-a-[ma]
ts: umma attama
en: thus you:
7. te-re!-tim a-na szu-lum ha#-[al-s,i2-im?]
ts: têrētim ana šulum ḫalṣim
en: ‘The extispicies for the well-being of the district
8. e-pu-usz2-ma te-re-tu#-[ia la-ap-ta]
ts: epušma têrētūya šalmā laptā
en: I performed, and my extispicies were unfavorable;
9. _giri3? lu2_ na-ak-ri-im sza#-[ki-in ...]
ts: šepi awīl nakrim šakin ...
en: the foot(print) of an enemy was placed ...,
10. u3 te-re-tim a-na ter#-[qa{ki}]
ts: u têrētim ana terqa
en: and extispicies for Terqa,
11. sa-ga-ra-tim u3 bad3{ki#}-[ia-ah-du]-li#-im
ts: saggaratim u dūr-iaḫdu-lim
en: Saggaratum and Dūr-Yaḫdun-Lim
12. sza _u4 mu-kam u2-lu _iti# [u4 6(disz)]-kam#_
ts: ša ūmī šattim ūlū šeššet warḫī
en: for the days of a year or of 6 months
13. szu-pi2-isz ak-ki-ma
ts: šūpîš akkima
en: have done.’ According to
14. na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ka
ts: našpartika
en: your letter
15. te-re-tim u2-sze-pi2-isz
ts: têrētim ušepiš
en: extispicies I had performed.
16. _sila4-hi-a_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
ts: puḫādū ša tašpuram
en: The lambs, about which you wrote me,
reverse
1. wa-ar-ki t,up-pi2-ia an-ni-im
ts: warki ṭuppiya annîm
en: after this my tablet,
2. a-na _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-ka-sza-du#-ni#-kum
ts: ana ūmim šalšim ikaššadūnikkum
en: on the 3rd day, will reach you.
3. sza-ni-tam asz-szum _e2_-ka sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
ts: šanītam aššum bītika ša tašpuram
en: Another thing: because of your house about which you wrote me,
4. i-na# pa#-ni-tim-ma
ts: ina panītimma
en: a while back,
5. ki-a-am ta-aq-be2-em
ts: kiam taqbêm
en: as follows you spoke to me,
6. um-ma at-ta-a-ma _2(disz) e2_-tim
ts: umma attama šinā bītātim
en: thus you: ‘2 houses
7. as,-ba-at _1(disz) e2_ da-am-qa-am#
ts: aṣbat išten bītam damqam
en: I seized, 1 good house,
8. a-s,a-ba-at-ma _1(disz) e2_ u2-wa-asz-sza-ar#
ts: aṣabbatma išten bītam uwaššar
en: I am keeping (lit. seizing) and 1 house I will release.’
9. an-ni-tam ta-aq-be2-em
ts: annītam taqbêm
en: This you said to me.
10. i-na-an-na _e2_-tam sza i-in-ka#
ts: inanna bītam ša īnka
en: Now (in) the house that your eye
11. ma-ah-ru
ts: maḫru
en: favors
12. tu-usz2-sza-ab
ts: tuššab
en: you will dwell;
13. ma-am-ma-an a-na _e2_-ka
ts: mamman ana bītika
en: nobody your house
14. u2-ul i-t,e4-eh-he
ts: ul iṭeḫḫe
en: will approach.
obverse
1. a-na as3-qu2-du-um
ts: ana asqudum
en: To Gerbil
2. qi2-bi2-ma
ts: qibima
en: speak!
3. um-ma ba-nu-um-ma
ts: umma bannumma
en: Thus Bannum:
4. t,up-pa-ti-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam# esz15-me2
ts: ṭuppātika ša tušābilam ešme
en: “Your tablets you had sent here I heard.
5. ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-[am]
ts: kīam tašpuram
en: As follows you wrote me,
6. um-ma at-ta-a-[ma]
ts: umma attama
en: thus you:
7. te-re!-tim a-na szu-lum ha#-[al-s,i2-im?]
ts: têrētim ana šulum ḫalṣim
en: ‘The extispicies for the well-being of the district
8. e-pu-usz2-ma te-re-tu#-[ia la-ap-ta]
ts: epušma têrētūya šalmā laptā
en: I performed, and my extispicies were unfavorable;
9. _giri3? lu2_ na-ak-ri-im sza#-[ki-in ...]
ts: šepi awīl nakrim šakin ...
en: the foot(print) of an enemy was placed ...,
10. u3 te-re-tim a-na ter#-[qa{ki}]
ts: u têrētim ana terqa
en: and extispicies for Terqa,
11. sa-ga-ra-tim u3 bad3{ki#}-[ia-ah-du]-li#-im
ts: saggaratim u dūr-iaḫdu-lim
en: Saggaratum and Dūr-Yaḫdun-Lim
12. sza _u4 mu-kam u2-lu _iti# [u4 6(disz)]-kam#_
ts: ša ūmī šattim ūlū šeššet warḫī
en: for the days of a year or of 6 months
13. szu-pi2-isz ak-ki-ma
ts: šūpîš akkima
en: have done.’ According to
14. na-asz-pa-ar-ti-ka
ts: našpartika
en: your letter
15. te-re-tim u2-sze-pi2-isz
ts: têrētim ušepiš
en: extispicies I had performed.
16. _sila4-hi-a_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
ts: puḫādū ša tašpuram
en: The lambs, about which you wrote me,
reverse
1. wa-ar-ki t,up-pi2-ia an-ni-im
ts: warki ṭuppiya annîm
en: after this my tablet,
2. a-na _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-ka-sza-du#-ni#-kum
ts: ana ūmim šalšim ikaššadūnikkum
en: on the 3rd day, will reach you.
3. sza-ni-tam asz-szum _e2_-ka sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
ts: šanītam aššum bītika ša tašpuram
en: Another thing: because of your house about which you wrote me,
4. i-na# pa#-ni-tim-ma
ts: ina panītimma
en: a while back,
5. ki-a-am ta-aq-be2-em
ts: kiam taqbêm
en: as follows you spoke to me,
6. um-ma at-ta-a-ma _2(disz) e2_-tim
ts: umma attama šinā bītātim
en: thus you: ‘2 houses
7. as,-ba-at _1(disz) e2_ da-am-qa-am#
ts: aṣbat išten bītam damqam
en: I seized, 1 good house,
8. a-s,a-ba-at-ma _1(disz) e2_ u2-wa-asz-sza-ar#
ts: aṣabbatma išten bītam uwaššar
en: I am keeping (lit. seizing) and 1 house I will release.’
9. an-ni-tam ta-aq-be2-em
ts: annītam taqbêm
en: This you said to me.
10. i-na-an-na _e2_-tam sza i-in-ka#
ts: inanna bītam ša īnka
en: Now (in) the house that your eye
11. ma-ah-ru
ts: maḫru
en: favors
12. tu-usz2-sza-ab
ts: tuššab
en: you will dwell;
13. ma-am-ma-an a-na _e2_-ka
ts: mamman ana bītika
en: nobody your house
14. u2-ul i-t,e4-eh-he
ts: ul iṭeḫḫe
en: will approach.
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: ARM 26/1, 007
[Durand1988ARM26/1] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1988. Archives Épistolaires de Mari I/1. Archives Royales de Mari 26/1. Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations.
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history: ARM 33, 68
[Durand2019ARM33] Durand, Jean-Marie. 2019. Les Premières Années Du Roi Zimri-Lim de Mari. Première Partie. Archives Royales de Mari 33. Leuven: Peeters.
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- Museum No.: NMSDeZ — ?
- Accession No.: A 00416
- Provenience: Mari (mod. Tell Hariri)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-11 at 12:41:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune | Archives Babyloniennes | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2017-12-15 at 14:29:51 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-14 at 15:43:54 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-14 at 14:53:57 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-14 at 14:53:13 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-14 at 14:48:02 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-10 at 15:40:25 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-04-24 at 12:00:37 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-11-21 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Chen, Michel; Guerra, Dylan; Washburn, Jody E. | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Archives Babyloniennes (7107) (7107)
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Cite this Artifact
“ARM 26/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P354564.
ARM 26/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P354564). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P354564 (Original work published 2006)
ARM 26/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P354564 (Accessed: November 30, 2025).
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